Saturday, March 22, 2014

Every year on March 22, World Water Day is celebrated, with the aim to raise public awareness through organizations and people about the opportunities that can be created for the strengthening of the cooperation and the challenges of water management.

The IAC Campus with its program of sustainable management has approved a plan of use of rainwater that you can see in more detail on the link below.

Our effort remains evident in all the parts executed of this plan that has contributed to a more sustainable management on a long-term basis of water resources.

Travel through time with IAC in this fascinating look at the History of Psychic PhenomenaPsychic and "spiritual" experiences - including countless altered states of consciousness - have been reported and written about in numerous cultures around the world since antiquity. They have been observed, studied, and used directly or indirectly by people for centuries to solve problems, develop themselves, understand reality and find answers to the biggest questions we have about life and death. Despite this, many people are unaware of this rich side of human history.

From the Greek Oracle at Delphi and Tantric Buddhism to Spiritualism and the birth of psychic research, this course will explore the events, people, movements and ideas that shaped our "psychic" history and have contributed to humanity's understanding of consciousness. It will give a big-picture over view of all that was experienced and achieved psychically in history and in turn show us the great potential that lies within all of us.

In this course you will:

• Understand how various altered states of consciousness and psychic experiences such as intuition, dreams, precognition, telepathy, apparitions, out-of-body experiences, near-death experiences and others were approached historically• Learn about how psychic experiences and abilities were approached by various wisdom traditions and esoteric movements including but not limited to: Greco-Roman Mystery Religions, Tantric Buddhism, Yoga, Medieval Occultism, Christian Mysticism, Hermeticism, Mesmerism, Spiritiualism / Spiritism, Theosophy, and more• Learn about specific dreams and other altered states of consciousness that changed the course of history• Gain insight into the abilities of noteworthy psychics throughout history such as Emmanuel Swedenborg, Madam Blavatsky, Eusapia Palladino, Rudolph Steiner, Hamid Bey and more• Discover the origins of science's investigation into psychic phenomena, from the early days of "psychical research" up to the present day. Learn about various researchers and their work including Frederic Myers, Charles Richet, James Hyslop, and J.B. Rhine among others• Understand the relationship between belief systems and the interpretation and use of psychic experiences historically• Hear interesting accounts of psychic and spiritual experiences from people throughout history• Learn about the different techniques and approaches that were utilized by people in history to develop their psychic abilities• Understand the relationship between history and parahistory• Understand how psychic and spiritual movements and organizations rise and fall over time, and identify the factors that contributed to these events.

Sunday, March 16, 2014

Based on a suggestion offered during a course on subtle energy by IAC's Wagner Alegretti in Miami, Nelson Abreu (presently an instructor at IAC) and a fellow undergraduate student from University of Florida's Science of Self Club performed a personal experiment on the effect of emissions or exteriorization of bioenergy (chi, biofield, subtle energy) on flowers. If you feel inspired to replicate the exercise, feel free to share your results with us. Don't miss the "before and after" pictures at the bottom.

Bioenergies
Application to Cut Flowers Experiment

Nelson Abreu, Tim Conway (Science of Self Club at University of Florida)

Method: To have a factor-controlled environment that will
allow for the variable of bio-energy application to hold visible difference, ceteris
paribus (all other factors will be held constant) in the appearance of cut
flowers after time.

Possible
Variables:

-Carbon Dioxide Exposure: In this setup, human exhalation
should not be a significant factor.

-Human Proximity: This variable, itself controversial, may
be tested in a posterior phase of the study.

-Age & Origin: To assure maximal similarity, the cut
flowers should be picked from the same batch (age, origin).

-Technique Utilized: For this study, any technique can be used, but the
physical positioning must be identical. (Note: which chakras or methods were employed should
be detailed by the participant.)

-Distance between Jars: If too far – less constant
conditions; if too close – unintentional cross-application of bioenergies.

-Type of Jars: In face of uncertainty regarding
“Bioenergy capacitance,” the three groups should use identical jars.

-Thosene: According to the concept of thosene, the quality
of energies would be affected by type of emotions or sentiments and thoughts or intentions.

-Temperature:average daily temp and humidity will be recorded and will be constant
for all groups.

-Hours exposed: each group will receive the same amount of
natural and artificial light.

-Flower type: for this experiment carnations will used
(note: for future experimenters any type of flower will do).

-Color of Flowers: For this study, the flowers should have
the same color (white, for will discoloration contrast)

-Humidity:The
ambient humidity of the room will affect the flowers virtually the same.Attention should be placed to proximity to
air conditioned vents.

-Nutrition: The same amount of nutrition (none) and water
will be used for all groups.